Inhaling apparatus.



PATENTED JULY 2, 1907.

P. 3.. MAGGINI. vINHALIINTG APPARATUS. APPLIOATIQN'PILIBD NOV. e, 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' INHALING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1907.

' Applicttion filed November 6,1906. Serial No- 342.296.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER E. MAGGINI, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State of California,have invented and discovered a new and useful Improvement in InhalingApparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for generating andinhaling medicated gases and vapors; and the objects of my improvementare, first, to construct combined generating and inhaling apparatus forgases and vapors to be inhaled while in the nascent state; second, toprovide generators and inhalers of gases and vapors quickly operated andconveniently applied by persons using the same; and third, tomanufacture generators and inhalers that can be conveyed from place toplace without danger of being broken and the contents of the generatorinjuring furniture and clothing ofpersons using the apparatus.

This invention consists essentially in the construction, combination andarrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully describedin the specification shown upon the drawings appended hereto, andspecifically pointed out in the claims made a part hereof.

I attain these objects by the construction illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1. is a perspective view of mycombined gen- 7 crating and inhaling apparatus; Fig. 2. is a top planview of the cover or lid of my improved generator and inhaler, otherparts thereof removed; Fig. 3. is a perspective view of the funnelemployed in filling the jar of the generator and inhaler with anydesired liquid or other material employed in generating the gases andvapors used; Fig. 4. is a view partly in section and partly in elevationof the tube, stopper and stop-cock of the generator and inhaler,employed in the operation of my improved apparatus; Fig. 5. is alongitudinal sectional view of the dropper for forcing the fluidsemployed into the bottom of the jar of my improved apparatus; and Fig.6. is a longitudinal sectional View of the washer for purifying thegases generated before be ing inhaled.

Similar reference numerals, letters and characters refer to like partsthroughout the several views of the drawings.

The reference numeral 1 denotes the jar or receptacle in which thematerials are placed from which the gas and vapors to be generated andinhaled are evolved.

The numeral 2 denotes the packing, 2 indicates the cover of the jar, and3 refers to the band, preferably metal surrounding the neck of the jarfor holding the wire netting 4, incasing the jar or receptacle 1. Thesaid band 3 is provided with projecting lips 5, having openings therein6, through which the tightening screw' 7'is adapted to pass in order toclamp tightly the said band around the neck of the jar or receptacle 1.

The cover or lid 2 of the jar is provided with openings 8 9, 10, and 11.The opening 8 is preferably provided with the rubber plug or stopper 12,having the nozzle-ended pipe 13 secured in the central opening 14thereof, the said pipe 13 being provided with the stop-cock 15 therein,having the thumb attachment 16, in order that the stop-cock may beturned so as to prevent the escape of the gases or vapors from the jaror I receptacle 1, after the materials from which said gases or vaporsare generated have been deposited in said receptacle.

In the opening 9 of the cover or lid 2, I tightly secure by means of thepacking ring 17 surrounding said opening, the dropping-tube 18,extending to or near the bottom of the jar 1. To the upper end of thesaid dropping tube 18 I secure the elastic compression-cap 19, in orderto force the liquid material in said tube 18 from the said tube near thebottom of the jar 1. In the opening 10 of the cover 2, I secure thepacking-ring 20, through which the gas or vapor tube 21 passes, the saidtube 21 being provided with an enlarged flaring mouth 22 at the bottomthereof, through which the gases or vapors evolved pass upward from thejar or receptacle 1, through the bent or curved connecting-pipe 23, toand through the gas-pipe 24, to and near the bottom of the washer 25,containing any suitable material 26, for washing and purifying the gasesor vapors generated in the receptacle 1, and adapted to be inhaled bythe person under treatment. The said gas pipe 24, near the upper endthereof, has secured thereon the packing-ring 27, in order to preventthe escape of gas or vapors from the upper flaring end 28, of the washer25. In the opening 11 of the cover or lid 2 of the jar 1, is secured thepacking-ring 25.

The washer 25 is provided with a branch pipe 29, preferably madeintegral with the said washer 25, and by means of the curvedconnecting-pipe 30, the inhaling pipe 31 is connected to the said branchpipe 29.

The funnel 35, shown upon Fig. 3 of the drawings, I conveniently employfor conveying powdered or liquid materials into the jar 1, through theopening 8, in the cover 2 of the jar. The said funnel 35 I also use forconveying liquid material employed for generating gases and vapors usedby removing the compression cap 19 from the dropping-tube 18, and afterthe requisite amount of liquid material has been deposited in saiddropping-tube 18, the compression-cap 19 is again restored to place uponthe upwardly and outwardly extending end of the said dropping tube. Thelower end of the said dropping-tube 18, is preferably drawn out or madepointed, as shown upon Figs. 1 and 5 of the drawings, in order that theliquid deposited in the dropping tube may be retained therein until thecap 19 is compressed by the hand of the operator in' order to force thesaid liquid out of the tube and into the fluid contained in the bottomof the jar or receptacle 1. By means of the wire netting 4, of anydesired mesh, 1 protect my improved receptacle 1 from injury and damagedone to furniture and clothing of persons under treatment, as well asinjury from the breaking of the jar itself. While my apparatus is beingconveyed from place to place the curved connecting tubes 23 and 30 maybe disconnected from the pipes 21, 24, 29 and 31 respectively. The saidpipes 21 and 24 can be plugged with corks or other suitable stoppers, inorder to prevent the escape of the liquid from the receptacle 1, andfrom the washer 25. The compression-cap 19 may also be removed from thedropper l8 and a cork or other stopper secured in theupwardly-projecting end thereof. The said compression cap 19, the curvedconnecting pipes 23 and 30, the inhaling pipe 31, and the funnel arewrapped together, in order to avoid any injury being done while theapparatus is being carried from place to place.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, it is thought that the construction, mode ofoperating, and advantages of my improved apparatus will be readilyapparent without requiring an extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, and I thereforereserve to myself the right to make such changes as fairly tall withinthe scope thereof.

I claim:

A generating and inhaling gas or vapor apparatus, cone prising areceptacle having a protector secured to the up per end thereof andsurrounding the receptacle, :1 cover so cured air-tight to the mouth ofthe receptacle, the said cover provided with an inlet: for the materialhavinga stopper provided with a stopcock t'or removin the air in thereceptacle as the gases and vapors evolve therein, means forintermittently forcing material from which the gases or vapors generatedinto the receptacle, a delivery pipe for conveying gas from thereceptacle into the gas purifier secured to the cover and extendingdmvnwardly into the receptacle. and means for inhaling the gases andvapors as soon as evolved and purified.

In testimony whereof. I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence ot. two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses .lAuns R. Romans, E. M. Coxmin.

